How to add a disk to the storage pool

Published : April 8, 2005 | Updated : August 17, 2005

The storage pool is a set of disks on which the Data Protection Manager (DPM) server stores replicas, shadow copies, and transfer logs. Before you can start protecting data, you must add at least one disk to the storage pool.

Caution

When you add a disk to the storage pool, DPM reformats the disk, which erases any data that the disk contains.

To add disks to the storage pool

  1. In DPM Administrator Console, click Management on the navigation bar, and then click the Disks tab.

  2. On the Actions pane, click Add.

    The Add Disks to Storage Pool dialog box is displayed. The Available Disks pane lists the disks that you can add to the storage pool.

  3. Select one or more disks, click Add, and then click OK.